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Shoplifting arrests at Eagan Outlet Mall raise question of bias
StarTribune.com ^ | 5/17/15 | Stephen Montemayor

Posted on 05/17/2015 6:20:01 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Nearly 85 percent of those arrested or cited in connection with shoplifting calls at Eagan’s new outlet mall were people of color, according to a Star Tribune analysis of nearly 1,000 calls to police in the first eight months the center was open.

Was there evidence that they had committed a crime? Were there convictions? Is this article a suggestion that thieves should not be reported or arrested if they happen to be black?


21 posted on 05/17/2015 9:01:36 PM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

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22 posted on 05/17/2015 9:03:47 PM PDT by publius911 (If you like Obamacare, You'll LOVE ObamaWeb.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

When I worked retail the majority of thefts and loss came from black youth followed closely by elderly people who would attempt to remove markdown stickers and place them on full price items. We got labeles that self destructed when you removed them. That really losses them off.


23 posted on 05/17/2015 9:19:57 PM PDT by matt04
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"Nearly 85 percent of those arrested or cited in connection with shoplifting calls..."

I worked in loss prevention when I was in college. We were not allowed to make a stop unless we had actually seen someone take an item and then exit the store without paying for it. If I stopped you, you might be colorful, but you were also a thief.

24 posted on 05/17/2015 9:23:07 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I’ll bet the work gloves and work boots are safe.


25 posted on 05/17/2015 9:35:19 PM PDT by Gritty (The more we submit to violent jihadi intimidation, the more we are going to get-Robert Spencer)
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To: Flag_This

I work in the news media. That 85 percent seems right.

15 percent local stupid girls and 85 percent urban “entrepreneurs.”


26 posted on 05/17/2015 9:37:02 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: lightman
"It wasn’t “racial profiling”; it was criminal profiling."

Yep. Next thing we're going to hear is that 6% of the population commits half of the violent crime in the US.

It just boggles the mind that there are "racists" who think that.

27 posted on 05/17/2015 9:37:34 PM PDT by boop (Hey, stoop, that's got gears. It ain't no Ford.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Imagine that, discriminating against thieves!


28 posted on 05/17/2015 10:16:10 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“Shoplifting arrests at Eagan Outlet Mall raise question of bias”

Solution: simply refuse to arrest every other black shoplifter OR plant evidence and arrest enough white shoppers to bring the numbers into “compliance”.

See, that wasn’t so difficult to fix, now was it?


29 posted on 05/17/2015 10:40:33 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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"Being “followed” and “profiled” in stores by security personnel was a frequent complaint"

I wonder if they were following people like this:

Or like this:

30 posted on 05/17/2015 10:50:18 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

Worked in retail for many years. Record stores. Most shoplifting was by blacks. One of the stores that was in a predominately black area actually kept the records behind the counter and displayed just the jackets in the bins.


31 posted on 05/17/2015 11:04:59 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The only possible solution is to arrest lots of white shoppers until parity is achieved. Problem solved. (Of course, most of the mall’s patrons will be in jail.)


32 posted on 05/18/2015 4:02:36 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

This makes me wonder just who are the slacker enforcement personnel who are randomly selecting the 15% non minority targets. If this were 100% minority, just maybe the bleeding hearts would have a case. Just maybe.


33 posted on 05/18/2015 8:16:54 AM PDT by my job (Proverbs 18:2 PLEASE, tell us what you REALLY think.)
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This makes me wonder just who are the slacker enforcement personnel who are randomly selecting the 15% non minority targets. If this were 100% minority, just maybe the bleeding hearts would have a case. Just maybe.


34 posted on 05/18/2015 8:17:11 AM PDT by my job (Proverbs 18:2 PLEASE, tell us what you REALLY think.)
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To: catnipman

Two sides of the same coin.


35 posted on 05/18/2015 10:41:35 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
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